This research aimed at investigating the foundation and environment that surrounded the government
directive to the public to wear African clothes every Friday. It sought to unearth information on the status
of the fashion industry in Kenya. Data was collected from media reports, internet sources and available
literature coupled with information from the Kenya Fashion Council, in which the author serves as a
council member. The findings indicate that Kenya, does not have a strong indigenous textile production

Beadwork has been practiced in Africa and worldwide for centuries. In East Africa, different communities made beads
from a wide range of materials available to them. This materials range from black coral collected from the Indian
Ocean to the use of bone from their livestock. This study is an analysis of beadwork uses in the following East African
communities; Dinka of South Sudan, Maasai of Kenya and Tanzania, and the Samburu of Kenya. Conducted in Nairobi,